July 1, 2027
Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition
ABA Criminal Justice Section · Direct application
$2,500
Eligibility
Major
Law Legal Studies
Education level
Graduate
Status
United States
About this scholarship
U.S. citizens or permanent residents in good standing at an ABA-accredited U.S. law school who are at least 21 may submit an original unpublished criminal law paper.
The winner receives $2,500 cash plus up to $800 travel to a Criminal Justice Section event. The winning entry may be published in Criminal Justice magazine.
Entries are due July 1 each year. The 2026 topic asks whether autism should be a defense, sentencing mitigator, both, or neither.
The ABA Criminal Justice Section sponsors this annual competition to encourage criminal justice scholarship.